Banner for a colloquium titled "It's all about defects" focused on Solid State Electrochemistry. Scheduled for March 6-7, 2026, at MPI for Solid State Research Stuttgart.

  • Start: Mar 6, 2026
  • End: Mar 7, 2026
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
  • Room: Lecture Hall 2D5

Programm

 

Fr. 6.3.2026

Sa 7.3.2026 (beginning 8:50)

9:00

Introduction

B. Roldan (FHI Berlin):
Catalysts: more alive than previously thought

9:15

H. Tuller (MIT):
Playing with Defects: Inspired by the Maier Sandbox

M. Gaberscek (Natl. Inst. Chemistry, Ljubljana):
Solid-State Perspectives on Liquid-Electrolyte Batteries: Insights from Impedance Spectroscopy

9:40

R.A. De Souza (RWTH Aachen):
A tracer diffusion study of diverse photo-ionic phenomena in SrTiO 3

Xin Guo (Huazhong University):
Solid State Ionics for Information, Energy and Environmental Applications

10:05

I. Lubomirsky (Weizmann Institute):
Enhanced electrostriction and extreme anharmonicity in Zr-doped ceria

A. Bhattacharyya (Indian Institute of Science):
Network Polymer Electrolyte for Sodium-Metal Rechargeable Batteries

10:30

T. Norby (University of Oslo):
Defect chemistry - the ultimate sophistication

W. Chueh (Stanford University):
Intersection of solid-state ionics, chemistry and physics

10:55

Coffe break

Coffe break

11:30

P. Bruce (University of Oxford):
Solid State Batteries - what goes around comes around

M. Grätzel (EPFL): 
The Central Role of Materials Innovation in Perovskite Solar Cell Revolution

11:55

K. Sasaki (Kyushu University):
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D. Moia (Fluxim):
Towards a defect chemical perspective on halide perovskite solar cells

12:20

J. Popovic (University of Stavanger):
Battery electrolytes and their contact with alkali metals

J.S. Lee (Chonnam National University):
Prospects for Defect-Chemically Effective EIS

12:45

I. Riess (Technion):
Defect concentration in the surface core layer of oxides under equilibrium, and the example of ceria

J. Fleig (TU Vienna):

13:10

Lunch break

R. Clément (UCSB):
Quantifying the impact of defects on redox and Li intercalation processes in layered oxide cathodes

14:20

R. Waser (RWTH Aachen):
From mobile donor-type ions to energy-efficient AI

 

14:55

M.S. Islam (University of Oxford):
No Small Matter: Atomistic Insights into Battery and Solar Cell Materials 

 

15:20

S. Haile (Northwestern University):
A Plethora of Defects in Perovskite Oxyhydrides

 

15:45

B. Yildiz (MIT):
Role of lattice dynamics in proton conductors

 

16:10

Coffee break

 

16:40

C. Grey (University of Cambridge):
NMR and electrochemical studies of Interfacial structures

 

17:05

P. Balaya (Singapore National University):
Introducing Design Strategies for Developing Safer Li-ion and Na-ion Batteries

 

17:30

Hong Li (Institute of Physics, CAS):
Ion transport through artificial composite solid electrolyte

 

17:55-18:20

J. Janek (University of Giessen):
Maximizing Ionic Conductivity of Sodium Solid Electrolytes - Defect Control on all Levels

 

18:30

Reception

 

19:00

Dinner

 

Dinner talk

J. Maier (MPI FKF)

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